查爾斯·狄更斯簡介

查爾斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens）（1812年－1870年），19世紀(jì)英國最偉大的小說家之一，出生于海軍小職員家庭，10歲時(shí)全家被迫遷入負(fù)債者監(jiān)獄，11歲就承擔(dān)起繁重的家務(wù)勞動(dòng)。曾在黑皮鞋油作坊當(dāng)童工，15歲時(shí)在律師事務(wù)所當(dāng)學(xué)徒，后來當(dāng)上了民事訴訟法庭的審案記錄員，接著又擔(dān)任報(bào)社派駐議會(huì)的記者。他只上過幾年學(xué)，全靠刻苦自學(xué)和艱辛勞動(dòng)成為知名作家。

狄更斯是高產(chǎn)作家，他憑借勤奮和天賦創(chuàng)作出一大批經(jīng)典著作。他又是一位幽默大師，常常用妙趣橫生的語言在浪漫和現(xiàn)實(shí)中講述人間真相，狄更斯是19世紀(jì)英國現(xiàn)實(shí)主義文學(xué)的主要代表。藝術(shù)上以妙趣橫生的幽默、細(xì)致入微的心理分析，以及現(xiàn)實(shí)主義描寫與浪漫主義氣氛的有機(jī)結(jié)合著稱。馬克思把他和薩克雷等稱譽(yù)為英國的“一位杰出的小說家”。

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.

Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens left school to work in a factory after his father was thrown into debtors' prison. Although he had little formal education, his early impoverishment drove him to succeed. Over his career he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms.

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代表作品：

早期：《匹克威克外傳》、《奧列佛·特維斯特》、《尼古拉斯·尼克爾貝》、《老古玩店》等

國外旅行時(shí)期：《圣誕歡歌》、《鐘聲》、《爐邊蟋蟀》等

后期：《董貝父子》、《大衛(wèi)·科波菲爾》、《荒涼山莊》、《艱難時(shí)世》、《小杜麗》、《雙城記》、《遠(yuǎn)大前程》等

晚期：《我們共同的朋友》、《艾德溫·德魯?shù)轮i》等

狄更斯名言：

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
這是最好的時(shí)代，也是最壞的時(shí)代。

It ws the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.
這是智慧做主的年代，也是愚蠢當(dāng)家的年代。

It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity.
這是有所信仰的年頭，也是凡事懷疑的年頭。

It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness.
這是光明照亮的季節(jié)，也是黑暗籠罩的季節(jié)。

It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
這是希望之春，絕望之冬。

We had everything before us, we had nothing before us.
人們面前有著各樣事物，人們面前一無所有。

We were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way.
人們正在直登天堂，人們正在直下地獄。